Contractor fined after teenager exposed to asbestos
27 Jun
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Contractor fined after teenager exposed to asbestos

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Richmond, North YorkshireA small North East contractor has been fined after a 16-year-old worker was exposed to asbestos.The unnamed teenager was working for P Turnbull Joinery & Building Services Ltd when exposed to the potentially cancer-causing material in June 2021, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).The Wolsingham-based contractor had been hired to refurbish a property in Richmond, North Yorkshire - with the teenager breaking up cement sheets taken from an outbuilding roof, the regulator said.However, the cement sheets, which he subsequently placed into a skip, were later found to contain asbestos.The HSE said P Turnbull Joinery & Building Services Ltd “had not properly assessed the work and failed to prevent the worker being exposed to asbestos”.The company pleaded pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at...
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Va. firm fined for discriminatory hiring ad that only sought White citizens
28 May
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Va. firm fined for discriminatory hiring ad that only sought White citizens

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Technology tamfitronics A Virginia-based technology company will pay more than $38,000 in penalties for posting a discriminatory job advertisement that only sought to hire White U.S. citizens, the Justice Department announced.Arthur Grand Technologies Inc., a firm that provides information technology services, in March 2023 posted a job advertisement for a business analyst position on the hiring site Indeed that asked in a bolded note for “Only Born US Citizens who are local within 60 miles from Dallas,” according to a Justice Department news release. “Don’t share with candidates,” the advertisement read in brackets. Outrage quickly followed when the job posting was shared on social media.
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